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"Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm an yet he will be making Gods by the dozens."- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1553-1592). . . . I doubt that there are many true atheists. The first that comes to mind would be David Hume, who was one of the great moralists of his time. And before him, certainly, Thomas Hobbes; but not openly, for people were burned in his day for not subscribing to the right religious beliefs. For my own part, I would agree with Montaigne: there are too many gods - and such troublesome beings for all their meddling in the affairs of men - we would be well rid of them. Let them have their heaven for all its cold comfort; for their sake, man has made a hell on earth.
"Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm an yet he will be making Gods by the dozens."
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1553-1592)
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I doubt that there are many true atheists. The first that comes to mind would be David Hume, who was one of the great moralists of his time. And before him, certainly, Thomas Hobbes; but not openly, for people were burned in his day for not subscribing to the right religious beliefs. For my own part, I would agree with Montaigne: there are too many gods - and such troublesome beings for all their meddling in the affairs of men - we would be well rid of them. Let them have their heaven for all its cold comfort; for their sake, man has made a hell on earth.
